BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Stony Brook men's basketball team was unable to get by Vermont, falling 73-62 at Patrick Gymnasium Saturday afternoon. The Seawolves got out to a strong start, but were unable to overcome a double-digit halftime deficit. Stony Brook sits at 7-11, 2-2 in league play, as Vermont moves to 13-5, 3-0 in the America East.
 
Boals' Reaction
"That is a very good basketball team," said head coach Jeff Boals. "I thought that we got out to a good start, like we did at Albany, but when our bench went in we had a little lull. We scored eight points in the final 12 minutes of the first half and when you play teams like this you have to make shots."
 
Highlights

• The Seawolves got out to a hot start, going up eight in the opening minutes, but went dry after the under 12 media timeout. Vermont strung together a 15-2 to eventually take the lead.
• Senior Tyrell Sturdivant (Chester, Pa.) ended the drought with 5:05 left in the first half and senior Bryan Sekunda (State College, Pa.) knocked down a three the next time down the floor to get Stony Brook back within three.
• Vermont responded with back-to-back threes out of the final media timeout of the half and eventually took a 10-point lead in to the break.
• The Catamounts opened up the second half with back-to-back threes to extend their lead, but Stony Brook did not back down.
• Sturdivant knocked down his first three of the game and senior Junior Saintel (Mays Landing, N.J.) made a pair of field goals to get the Seawolves back within seven with 14 minutes to play.
• Vermont responded with eight quick points to go back up double figures, holding onto that lead the rest of the way.

 
Notes

• Saintel scored 12 first-half points, going 5-for-5 from the field. He finished with a career-best 18 points, missing just one field goal in the game.

 
Up Next
The Seawolves return home to host Binghamton on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m.